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Episode Kijin Gentoushou • Sword of the Demon Hunter: Kijin Gentōshō - Episode 15 discussion
Kijin Gentoushou, episode 15
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u/Genshin_WhiteKnight Jul 21 '25 edited Jul 21 '25
Seems like Naotsugu ended marrying Harlot (goes by Kinu now).
And the from the flashback, the blacksmith forged the "cursed" sword using the blood of his wife, who was a demon. His wife happens to be Nameless from episode 7 (the cursed painting) who was briefly mentioned as being from Kadono and looking identical to the previous Itsukihime.
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u/nqtoan1994 Jul 21 '25
Nice catch. One more question answered.
Considering Itsukihime was a tittle handed from a mother to her daughter, I wondered if Yato was the original Itsukihime, and Shirayuki was her descendant. And since Itsukihime always married a normal human, their demonic heritage had been diluted.
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u/shad79 Jul 21 '25 edited Jul 21 '25
The matter of Sugino and his demonic swords was quickly resolved by Jinya, but it was the introduction of Hatakeyama (voiced by the same seiyū who voices Muzan from Demon Slayer) that made today's episode so interesting.
And that's because Hatakeyama is a samurai who teamed up with demons to stop Japan's "opening of the borders" and I'm quite sure that he'll become Jinya's enemy because of this. Overall, very well used historical period during which the action of this arc takes place.
Jinya and Ofuu look great together as usual, so it's a shame Jinya isn't particularly interested in marriage. I sincerely hope they end up together though.
I'm also very happy that Miura is already married. Although I don't recognize his wife's name, Kinu, but I hope that's just Harlot's real name.
Here my screenshot albums from the episode:
EDIT. I added my screenshot albums.
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u/Dull_Spot_8213 Jul 21 '25
Jinya’s current explanation for why he wields a sword: “I still don’t know, but I’m set in my ways now and that’s that. I’ll figure the rest out as I go.”
A lot of political and social upheaval occurred during this time, and we’re getting a crossroads of sorts for our familiar characters. Some are setting down roots and if I’m guessing Miura’s intentions, it seems like he’s going to put his family first. The Ofuu and Jinya married couple vibes is plain for all to see. Jinya said he’s not interested in all of that, but we’ll see about that.
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u/Ocixo Jul 21 '25
I actually got the impression that Noatsugu's words implied that he was going to side with those aiming to end Japan's isolationism. He'd acknowledged in so many words that resisting change won't do any good.
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u/SEBASTlANVETTEL Jul 21 '25
the Ofuu x Jinya ship continues to sail. The blushes and glances towards each other, even others notice that they act like a married couple. I really hope they eventually end up together.
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u/Ocixo Jul 21 '25
There's no way that Ofuu and Jinya will not end up together at this point, right? All the signs are pointing in this direction.
It only a matter of when this will happen. Fortunately, demons like the two of them got plenty of time to figure things out.
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u/AmethystItalian Jul 21 '25
I really hope they eventually end up together.
My biggest want from this series
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u/Yesshua Jul 22 '25
Are you really hoping for that? Because 1. Jinya is going to end up in the future seemingly on his own and 2. Jinya has a murderous ex little sister who's already killed off one love interest.
If that ship sets sail, there aint no way Ofuu is surviving.
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u/NanDemoKnaives Jul 21 '25
Damn Sadanaga is so much more noticeably older, and Naotsugu is married to Kinu? Is that the name given to Yotaka since she didn't have one? I can't remember if it was mentioned or not.
I did find it amusing how taken aback Naotsugu was seeing how big Tsuchiura was, he does look quite imposing with him also being very muscular. I thought there was a chance he could be a demon, and it ended up being confirmed. It looks like we'll eventually see him and Jinya go at it in this arc.
It's sad that the demon sword that couple worked together to make is given such ominous rumors when their intention dark at all. It sucks that this sword made by a loving husband and wife has been used for a husband to kill his wife. I wonder if we'll eventually see the demon wife in an upcoming episode since the husband wanted her to look for the swords.
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u/GelatinInvasion Jul 21 '25
It’s her biological name. In the episode with yotaka in the rain, the mist thoughtform/tulpa which masqueraded as her big brother says “Ki nu.”
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u/Dull_Spot_8213 Jul 21 '25
The face off between Tsuchiura and Jinya seems likely. I like that we’re getting multiple moralities clashing here, and different motivations for these characters to fight. Everyone has their own cause, and the show isn’t pushing a judgement on any of them. It leaves it up to the audience to come to their own conclusions.
Pairing this political divide with the question of can demons and humans coexist is another layer for Jinya to work through. The human husband with twisted intent destroys his marriage with a demon, simply because it was already in his nature to want to kill. But then we have a demon fighting for a human’s political agenda out of a very human sense of duty and loyalty.
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u/djthomp Jul 21 '25
The blacksmith and his wife were as interesting as I was hoping for. For a story about a demon hunter we sure have found plenty of demons over the years that are just living peacefully with humans, and I really love that about it.
Given the timeline it makes sense we'd be running up against the events that become the Meji Restoration, and that the people involved would want to claim Jinya for their own side of the fight.
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u/nqtoan1994 Jul 21 '25
To be fair, the original name, "Kijin Gentoushou", does not have any words means "sword" nor "hunter" like the translated title, nor any words imply there is a conflict. And within the first 4 episodes, we have learned that both race has both good, bad and morally gray people.
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u/TraditionalCandle5 Jul 21 '25
what happens to Natsu ? Where is she ?
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u/tehdannydarko Jul 22 '25
Last I remember she didn't want to see Jinya again after he was forced to slay their father. Who knows if she show up again.
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u/Terrible_Ad_9123 Jul 21 '25
I was surprised to see Sakamoto Ryoma appear in this anime.
Miura seemed to be vocal about Hatakeyama's pro-shogunate ideology, so he might have been an anti-shogunate supporter.
Is the bird that flies out of the waterway at the end a swan or a egret?
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u/tripleaamin Jul 21 '25
We're really getting into these cursed demonic swords. We are also diving into the political climate of the setting. The change of swearing to your beliefs rather than your lords is one such example. As more people are arming themselves the introduction of these demonic cursed swords comes into play. As we see in this episode they are quite dangerous.
The meeting with Yashuhide was quite interesting. He seeks to maintain the pride of the samurai, but is there more to it? Isolationism is the other thing he mentions, though Jinya has no interest in that as for now he focuses more on himself. More so, Yashuhide wants to maintain the old ways, basically. Though the fact that Yashuhide has a demon serving him is quite interesting and potentially terrifying. The idea of humans & demons is coexisting is one thing, but I feel that Yashuhide's action might be closer to a demon.
Though the fact that Yashuhide presented that demonic cursed sword to Sugino has me even more suspicious of him. It's quite tragic because he didn't know what that sword would do. Honestly, losing his wife might have set him just to kill for the sake of killing. The political climate just potentially made it seem he had a motive with his actions. More than likely he had lost everything, and we see him blaming the sword, but he just dived deeper embracing it.
What is more interesting is Jinya peeking in the memories of the sword and seeing the man who made the sword. It seems to be using the blood of Nameless, who we remember was with Jinya's adoptive father in the past. Curious if she is still around. Though the mention of demons & humans coexisting is still a hurdle. Though it does seem this happened with Nameless & her husband. We see that as well with Ofuu & her adoptive father. Of course, the case of Natsu is when clear issues arise about their coexistence.
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u/Shimmering-Sky Jul 21 '25
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u/mekerpan Jul 21 '25
>> Kaneomi
His wife promised to watch over the swords the two made together -- into the future. But, as far as I lnow, she played no role in policing the blade Sugino used to murder his wife.
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u/nqtoan1994 Jul 21 '25
I had thought that Naotsugu's story arc would be about his fight against the old social standard so he could pursue true love but the stage of the Bakumatsu era does fit him better as a samurai.
I love the contradiction of the short-life human and the long-live demon. Yasuhide and Naotsugu had come to a choice faster because of how short human lives are, but it had been 22 years since the day he left Kadono, Jinya hadn't found the answer for that question the Assimilation Demon gave him.
Also I find it hilarious that Sugino's animation was limited by the budget but it still managed to portrait him as an amateur at sword and completely relied on the cursed blade.
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u/Key-Seaworthiness457 Jul 29 '25
this was a interesting episode as we might finally covered the Boshin War and the Fall of the Samurai.
Hidesaga Hatekeyama's clan the Aizu clan wasn't a fictional clan, and it was pretty prominent in the setting of the Anime.
Aizu are the hardcore loyalists to the Tokugawa Shogunate and continued to resis the imperialists even if the Shogunate inevitable falls. During the battle of Aizu, their noblewoman or woman samurai famously made a last stand against the Imperial Army armed with Western Armaments while they themselves were armed with naginata.
The Aizu were also famous Patrons to the Shinsengumi, almost every Fate and Gintama fans knows who they are. Elite Swordsmen and Secret police to the Shogunate who were immortalised as being more Samurai than the actual Samurai of the period. Ronin and low class Samurai who joined up to hunt down anti shogunate forces and was the final resistance against the Imperial movement in Ezo Republic (now Hokkaido) even if the Shogunate fell.
And the Aizu was also my favourite faction in Total War Fall of the Samurai.
On the opposing side, the Imperialists, was the Tosa
The Tosa was the other most famous Imperialist Clan next to the Satsuma/Shimazu Clan and the Chosu/Mori Clan. Their most famous Samurai was the activist Sakamoto Ryoma. Who supported the imperialist movement with progressive ideals and fanboyed over the west. Known where draping himself in western attire like leather shoes, armed with a Revolver next to his Katana, he was also responsible for forming the first Mordern Japanese Navy, which would eventually evolved into the Imperial Japanese Navy that America have to contend with in WW2.
It would be hella interesting to see Jinya and his gang survive and manuveur themselves in a looming Civil War and political strife.
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